Director, Engineering & Maintenance

Job Description

Director, Engineering and Maintenance, Springfield, MO
Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives

Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life‑saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers’ therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients’ lives.

• Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)
• Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
• Career advancement opportunities
• Education reimbursement
• 401K program with matching contributions
• Learning platform
• And more!

• Ensuring full compliance to OSHA and cGMP regulations at all times and working in concert with a cross‑functional team to ensure that Engineering & Maintenance projects and programs meet required standards of internal and external customers. Ensure Construction Management is in compliance with all applicable safety, regulatory and legal requirements.
• Organizing, managing, developing and implementing project plans, construction projects, designs, assembly of equipment, processes and systems to ensure timely project completion in compliance with regulatory agency requirements, internal company standards and current industry practices.
• Recruiting top talent with every hiring opportunity and motivating/developing members of the department to be key leaders within the organization. Build and sustain employee engagement by creating a culture of efficient execution and an environment in which individuals and teams can excel and continuously improve.
• Actively influencing and participating in the site leadership team and establishing effective cross‑functional leadership relationships and presence.
• Direct responsibility for capital projects, as well as the site’s capital and expense budgets, cost control, project schedules and direct/indirect expenses. Drive implementation of Engineering & Maintenance projects within budgets and timelines.
• Developing and regularly updating the strategic capital improvement plan including site master plan.
• Maximizing the success rate for production operations by instituting programs to minimize mechanical failure and enhance equipment performance. Establishing maintenance KPIs like MTTR, MTBF etc.
• Supporting procurement strategy, equipment expediting/projects and FAT/SAT/IOQ/PQ.
• Ensuring that appropriate training of all personnel for equipment, process and facility safety and operations is maintained and up‑to‑date.
• Maintaining effectiveness of the Quality System components relevant to this position.
• Maintaining regulatory compliance through audits, validation, change management, risk assessments, qualified drawings, corrective action plans, FMEA, and deviation support.
• Utilizing and promoting Operational Excellence and continuous improvement.
• Providing oversight and technical expertise during the development of new strategic manufacturing platforms and products and implementation of new API processing technologies.
• Developing budget proposals. Controlling charges against approved budget and monitoring/reporting expenditures.
• Having operational responsibility/accountability for site maintenance activities including repair, maintenance and installation of equipment and the maintenance of buildings, grounds, utility systems with associated infrastructure.
• Recommending measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of work product.
• Reviewing new product plans, and discussing equipment needs, and modifications with engineering staff.
• Developing, implementing & maintaining effective preventive maintenance program in conjunction with engineering and maintenance staff and supervisors to improve production uptime.
• Managing spare parts inventory to balance cost control with operational reliability.

• Analyzes and resolves work problems and assists in solving problems.
• Provides departmental leadership for safety and environmental…